A nice acquisition

RF wrote:
> On Mar 10, 12:36 am, "Francis A. Miniter" <famini... RemoveThis @comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> This weekend I had the good fortune to pick up a copy of William Prescott's
>> two volume "The Conquest of Peru" (Harper & Brothers). Volume 1 is 1848, so
>> presumably a second printing, but Volume 2 is dated 1847, and lacks a period
>> on p. 467, l. 20, after the word "integrity", which is apparently a first
>> issue point, according to Van Allen Bradley. By coincidence, two days
>> earlier I had purchased a later copy (1892 or so) of Prescott's "The
>> Conquest of Mexico".
>
> Nice find - will you now be hunting for a 1st of vol. 1?
>


Yes. I am afraid I am hooked.


Francis A. Miniter
 >> Stay informed about: A nice acquisition 

On Mar 14, 11:17 am, "Francis A. Miniter" <famini... RemoveThis @comcast.net>
wrote:
> RF wrote:
> > On Mar 10, 12:36 am, "Francis A. Miniter" <famini... RemoveThis @comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> >> This weekend I had the good fortune to pick up a copy of William Prescott's
> >> two volume "The Conquest of Peru" (Harper & Brothers).  Volume 1 is 1848, so
> >> presumably a second printing, but Volume 2 is dated 1847, and lacks a period
> >> on p. 467, l. 20, after the word "integrity", which is apparently a first
> >> issue point, according to Van Allen Bradley.   By coincidence, two days
> >> earlier I had purchased a later copy (1892 or so) of Prescott's "The
> >> Conquest of Mexico".
>
> > Nice find - will you now be hunting for a 1st of vol. 1?
>
> Yes.  I am afraid I am hooked.

Are they leather bound?
 >> Stay informed about: A nice acquisition 

RF wrote:
> On Mar 14, 11:17 am, "Francis A. Miniter" <famini... DeleteThis @comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> RF wrote:
>>> On Mar 10, 12:36 am, "Francis A. Miniter" <famini... DeleteThis @comcast.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> This weekend I had the good fortune to pick up a copy of William Prescott's
>>>> two volume "The Conquest of Peru" (Harper & Brothers). Volume 1 is 1848, so
>>>> presumably a second printing, but Volume 2 is dated 1847, and lacks a period
>>>> on p. 467, l. 20, after the word "integrity", which is apparently a first
>>>> issue point, according to Van Allen Bradley. By coincidence, two days
>>>> earlier I had purchased a later copy (1892 or so) of Prescott's "The
>>>> Conquest of Mexico".
>>> Nice find - will you now be hunting for a 1st of vol. 1?
>> Yes. I am afraid I am hooked.
>
> Are they leather bound?
>

No, blind-stamped cloth with bright gilt lettering on the spine.


Francis A. Miniter
 >> Stay informed about: A nice acquisition 

You make me turn green...

Given that the first White Woman arrived in Prince George in 1912, the
chances of finding any book such as that locally are impossibly small. One
reason I keep to modern and hypermodern firsts is that with luck they can be
found locally, or within a thousand miles or so...

Willow


"RF" <fwdixon RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On Mar 10, 12:36 am, "Francis A. Miniter" <famini... RemoveThis @comcast.net>
wrote:
> This weekend I had the good fortune to pick up a copy of William
Prescott's
> two volume "The Conquest of Peru" (Harper & Brothers). Volume 1 is 1848,
so
> presumably a second printing, but Volume 2 is dated 1847, and lacks a
period
> on p. 467, l. 20, after the word "integrity", which is apparently a first
> issue point, according to Van Allen Bradley. By coincidence, two days
> earlier I had purchased a later copy (1892 or so) of Prescott's "The
> Conquest of Mexico".

Nice find - will you now be hunting for a 1st of vol. 1?
 >> Stay informed about: A nice acquisition 

Willow Arune wrote:
> You make me turn green...
>
> Given that the first White Woman arrived in Prince George in 1912, the
> chances of finding any book such as that locally are impossibly small. One
> reason I keep to modern and hypermodern firsts is that with luck they can be
> found locally, or within a thousand miles or so...
>
> Willow
>

Hi Willow,

It seems I am in a stage of finding incomplete sets. Today I picked up
Pierre Berton's _Flames Across the Border: The Canadian American Tragedy
of 1813-1814_, (not a valuable book, but one I intend to read), only to
find it is volume 2 of his history of the War of 1812. Now I have to
find _The Invasion of Canada: 1812-1813_. At least that should be
relatively easy.


Francis A. Miniter

>
> "RF" <fwdixon.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:08b9c219-0d97-4f7e-9c97-06b95a7f264c@u69g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 10, 12:36 am, "Francis A. Miniter" <famini....TakeThisOut@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>> This weekend I had the good fortune to pick up a copy of William
> Prescott's
>> two volume "The Conquest of Peru" (Harper & Brothers). Volume 1 is 1848,
> so
>> presumably a second printing, but Volume 2 is dated 1847, and lacks a
> period
>> on p. 467, l. 20, after the word "integrity", which is apparently a first
>> issue point, according to Van Allen Bradley. By coincidence, two days
>> earlier I had purchased a later copy (1892 or so) of Prescott's "The
>> Conquest of Mexico".
>
> Nice find - will you now be hunting for a 1st of vol. 1?
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: A nice acquisition 

If you need one, let me know...

Now, are you going to say you're sorry? I mean, about invading us and all?
I'm still a bit upset.

Willow


"Francis A. Miniter" <faminiter.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Willow Arune wrote:
> > You make me turn green...
> >
> > Given that the first White Woman arrived in Prince George in 1912, the
> > chances of finding any book such as that locally are impossibly small.
One
> > reason I keep to modern and hypermodern firsts is that with luck they
can be
> > found locally, or within a thousand miles or so...
> >
> > Willow
> >
>
> Hi Willow,
>
> It seems I am in a stage of finding incomplete sets. Today I picked up
> Pierre Berton's _Flames Across the Border: The Canadian American Tragedy
> of 1813-1814_, (not a valuable book, but one I intend to read), only to
> find it is volume 2 of his history of the War of 1812. Now I have to
> find _The Invasion of Canada: 1812-1813_. At least that should be
> relatively easy.
>
>
> Francis A. Miniter
>
> >
> > "RF" <fwdixon.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >
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> > On Mar 10, 12:36 am, "Francis A. Miniter" <famini....RemoveThis@comcast.net>
> > wrote:
> >> This weekend I had the good fortune to pick up a copy of William
> > Prescott's
> >> two volume "The Conquest of Peru" (Harper & Brothers). Volume 1 is
1848,
> > so
> >> presumably a second printing, but Volume 2 is dated 1847, and lacks a
> > period
> >> on p. 467, l. 20, after the word "integrity", which is apparently a
first
> >> issue point, according to Van Allen Bradley. By coincidence, two days
> >> earlier I had purchased a later copy (1892 or so) of Prescott's "The
> >> Conquest of Mexico".
> >
> > Nice find - will you now be hunting for a 1st of vol. 1?
> >
> >
 >> Stay informed about: A nice acquisition